Originally published in the Guardian on 27 September 1984: The Sino-British joint declaration on Hong Kong commits both governments to a detailed programme that will maintain the capitalist system until at least 2047

Originally published in the Guardian on 8 August 1968: American military aircraft intruded repeatedly into North Vietnamese air space yesterday, according to the North Vietnamese news agency. The report said the American planes were repulsed by anti-aircraft gunfire

Originally published in the Guardian on 6 August 1977: The British embassy here has joined the Japanese who are fighting for sunshine in the severely over-crowded cities. Sunshine is money, as far as residents of houses over-shadowed by new highrise buildings are concerned

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 27 May 1933: Mr. J. H. Grey, the chairman of the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' Association and ex-president of the Joint Committee of Cotton Trade Organisations, in an interview yesterday, said:
The Japanese are undoubtedly pushing goods of all kinds in all world markets at prices arousing worldwide apprehension

Originally published in the Guardian on 21 February 1972: Nearly 90 American correspondents arrived here this afternoon to prepare for President Nixon's arrival at 11 40 am tomorrow (local time) and found Chinese press officers somewhat vague about the schedule for this trail-blazing "pilgrimage for peace"

Originally published in the Guardian on 24 December 1968: Like the war, the middle classes, and the Constitution, Christmas in Vietnam has become Americanised. It is a consumer festival with all the trappings of tinsel, cards, plastic snow, and Father Christmas in every other shop window

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 8 December 1952: "There are many limitations," said General Eisenhower in Seoul, after a flight of 11,000 miles, a three-day tour of the front, a round of sessions with American and Korean diplomatists, and a dogged quizzing of every Allied Army, Navy, and Air Force commander in the war zone. Rarely can four simple words spoken by an American have caused profounder relief to the capitals of Europe